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<h2>EPICA Dome C Ice Core 800KYr Carbon Dioxide Data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>Carbon dioxide record from the EPICA (European Project for Ice Coring 
in Antarctica) Dome C ice core covering 0 to 800 kyr BP.    
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(edcCO2)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A data frame with 1096 observations on the following 2 variables.
</p>

<dl>
<dt><code>age</code></dt><dd><p>Age in years before present (BP)</p>
</dd>
<dt><code>co2</code></dt><dd><p>CO2 level (ppmv)</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>Data are a composite series.
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<h3>Source</h3>

<p><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/domec/domec_epica_data.html">http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/icecore/antarctica/domec/domec_epica_data.html</a>  
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<h3>References</h3>

<p>Luthi, D., M. et al.  2008.
High-resolution carbon dioxide concentration record 650,000-800,000 
years before present.
Nature, Vol. 453, pp. 379-382, 15 May 2008.  doi:10.1038/nature06949
</p>
<p>Indermuhle, A., E. et al, 1999, 
Atmospheric CO2 concentration from 60 to 20 kyr BP from the 
Taylor Dome ice core, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 735-738.
</p>
<p>Monnin, E., A. et al. 2001. 
Atmospheric CO2 concentrations over the last glacial termination. 
Science, Vol. 291, pp. 112-114.
</p>
<p>Petit, J.R. et al. 1999. 
Climate and atmospheric history of the past 420,000 years from 
the Vostok ice core, Antarctica. 
Nature 399: 429-436.
</p>
<p>Siegenthaler, U. et al.  2005. 
Stable Carbon Cycle-Climate Relationship During the Late Pleistocene.
Science, v. 310 , pp. 1313-1317, 25 November 2005.
</p>


<h3>Examples</h3>

<pre>
data(edcCO2)
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